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Originally Posted by mikey_the_redneck
Wow, some people get really emotionally attached to their pets.
I would never pay a massive vet bill to save my dog...............but of course I love him.
I grew up in rural Alberta and when the time comes when Rover is getting weak/sick and old, we get a friend to take him out to the pasture with a rifle and do the deed. I dont think I could do it myself.............
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The dog below emerged from three surgeries cancer-free last Fall . . . . . and my wallet was $11,000 lighter.
I could afford it though . . . . . about 15 years ago, a cat cost $1,500 and that was when $1,500 meant something. That was a tougher decision.
A few years ago, we'd known a cat two days and she was going to cost us $1,600 after abuse in a pet store meant her back feet had to be amputated . . . . . the other choice was euthenasia. Although I didn't ask for a break, surgeons at Western Veterinary donated their time, cutting the bill in half. Two-footed Polly is a happy, domineering, going concern in our house.
To each his own. Some would go the extra mile, other's wouldn't. There is a reason, however, why modern disaster service plans now include pet evacuation planning . . . . . pets have a different position in families than might have been the case even 20 years ago.
Below, a very expensive dog, tattered after three surgeries in the Fall, but miraculously cancer-free . . . . and the hair has grown back.
Nice tribute IFF . . . . . I've written a few of those in the past as well.
Cowperson